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Where oh where were the USC councillors?
Iain Boekhoff GAZETTE
FERRIS BUELLER’S NIGHT OFF. The University Students’ Council barely met quorum last Wednesday when only 38 of 73 councillors showed up to the meeting. It was the first meeting of the 2014–15 council, which was elected in February.
Katie Lear GAZETTE STAFF The incoming University Students’ Council for 2014–15 held their first meeting last Wednesday with barely enough members to meet quorum. Of the 73 councillors elected, attendance at the start of the session showed 45 members present with eight members arriving late to make 53 total. When quorum was taken later in the evening, there were only 39 members present, showing that 14 had left during the course of the meeting. “It is safe to say that this level of attendance at a USC council meeting is both atypical and problematic,” Matt Helfand, incoming USC president said. “Western has a large and diverse student population, and it is fundamental to our organization that the composition of council reflects that fact. When a large percentage of councillors are not in the room, there is no question that the
quality of discussion and representative legitimacy of the council is impaired,” he said. In order for a meeting to be valid there must be a minimum of half plus one members present — a threshold known as quorum. For the incoming council, quorum is 37 members. “This meeting is always a bit confusing, because it’s the first meeting of the new council, but faculty presidents, senators, my executive are still in office and so they are still voting members of council,” Pat Whelan, outgoing USC president, said. “It’s kind of a weird meeting in that sense because people are not sure which members, the incoming or outgoing, are supposed to be sitting on council, and so I think that’s something that the next speaker should take note of for next year this time around to remind people exactly when their terms begin and end.” The Gazette reached out to the members not in attendance to ask
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why they were absent, and received responses from 19 of the 27 members they were able to reach by e-mail. The majority of the responses referenced school commitments for their absence. Other justifications included having other plans, family concerns, illnesses and confusion over whether or not they needed to be there in the first place. According to the USC Voting Member Attendance Policy, which can be found on the “Councillors’ Corner” section of the USC website, “Any voting Member who is unable to attend a Meeting must submit her Regrets to the Speaker of Council or the Secretary Council […] at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the scheduled Meeting time.” According to the attendance log, three of the 22 absent members submitted regrets. Despite the low attendance, Helfand is still optimistic for the incoming council. “When we are elected by our
peers there are certain expectations, and meeting attendance is one of them and it is important that we as a council collectively are fulfilling our duty,” he said. “That all said, there is certainly no malice present in this instance. I am excited to work alongside council this year and next, and I am confident that a phenomenal and dedicated group has been elected to the USC.” Whelan also stressed that he doesn’t believe the low attendance is going to continue next year. “That’s the reason why you have quorum in meetings, is to ensure that there is enough people to deliberate on a decision. Obviously everyone should be there, it would be great to have full attendance every meeting, but it’s sometimes not possible. This one is particularly the worst, but I don’t think this is a beginning of a bad trend or anything like that, I don’t think this is going to be something you should expect next year, I think it’s just an anomaly.”
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faculty — professors who don’t do research. The report stated that Ontario universities would increase teaching productivity by 10 per cent if research non-active faculty taught double the teaching load of their research-active colleagues. “There are some methodological problems with the study,” said David Robinson, spokesperson for Canadian Association of University Teachers. The report relies heavily on citations, which is problematic to Robinson. “How do you measure who is non-active in terms of research? They used very simple citation indexes to look at whether or not faculty were producing papers,” Robinson said. According to Robinson, there were biases when examining indexes, such as the fact that there are high citations in the natural sciences, but relatively low citations in social sciences. This is due to the number of papers being produced because of the nature of the work. Additionally, the citations ignore multi-year research projects. Amir Eftekarpour, Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance president, was hesitant to take a position on the report due to its methodology. “It isn’t exactly a representative report,” Eftekarpour said. He said that the data is potentially not reflective of all disciplines, as the data derived from only a handful of programs. However, Eftekarpour noted a long-standing recommendation from OUSA that might be more fitting for universities. He proposed the idea of a bringing in a “teaching-focused” faculty position. Eftekarpour suggested that the teaching-focused professor would devote 60 per cent of their time to teaching, with 20 percent for
research and 20 percent for community service. In this manner, a professor would be able to devote their time to teaching, while still be considered for tenure, he argued. Moreover, Eftekarpour noted that the reason why teaching assistants are running into problems is due to the reduced teaching load of the tenure faculty. “Instead of hiring people to do this teaching work in an unstable way — which isn’t fair to them and isn’t good for students — create teaching-focused positions that these people can take so they have much more stability of employment and students get a higher quality teacher,” Eftekarpour said. OUSA recently released a report that surveyed 9,000 students from multiple universities across Ontario, including Western. “What we’re seeing again is that students have identified that there are barriers to effective teaching in classes and there is a lot of room for improvement,” Eftekarpour said. Furthermore, the OUSA report suggested that students want an increase in teaching quality. According to Robinson, the HEQCO report is attempting to suggest that there is a problem. However, HEQCO is delving into a much broader political economic context. He added that simply getting professors to teach more is “just not the reality,” as the average workload is approaching 60 hours a week. “The government is looking for how to save money, and rather than deal with the underfunding crisis within the system and extraordinarily high tuition fees students have to pay, they’re looking for what on the surface appears to be a simple solution to what is a really complex problem” Robinson said. A representative from HEQCO could not be reached for comment.
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Mandich named AVP student experience Richard Raycraft NEWS EDITOR After years of discussion and lobbying, the university has named the first associate vice-president student experience. Angie Mandich was appointed to the position on Monday, and begun working in that capacity yesterday. Mandich is a faculty member at Western in the professional occupational therapy program and was also previously the associate viceprovost academic programs and students. “The students have been talking for a number of years now about really wanting someone dedicated to the student experience,” she said. “I think this position is really about the world-class student experience — that we want our students to be successful and we want to support them and that’s what this role is about.” The mother of seven also talked about how much excited she is for the role and its responsibilities. “I’m so excited to have this opportunity,” she said. “It’s a dream come true, it’s a job I’m going to love […] I really like working with students — I just think they’re so energetic and creative. It’s just very energizing,” she continued. The position is one that the University Students’ Council has pushed for for a number of years now. Pat Whelan, USC president, emphasized this point. “It’s been an ongoing issue for a few years, talking about how we need to be more deliberate, coordinated and collaborative with our student experience,” he said. “It’s
been part of our strategic plan submissions, it was on my platform, it’s been an ongoing priority this year, so it’s really been students who are driving this change.” Mandich is also a Western alumna, completing all three of her degrees, including her doctorate, at Western. “It’s a great place to be so why leave?” she said. The position will focus on improving students’ out of classroom experience. Mandich says she has already begun working on the student code of conduct, and also working on mental health and student entrepreneurship initiatives. All this is in addition to regular liaising with the USC. “The positive impact is that there will be a consistency and a continuum from the point you are accepted to Western right up until you graduate,” Whelan said. “I think that’s really what’s lacking sometime […] we have a lot of really good services, but sometimes those services
I think this position is really about the world-class student experience — that we want our students to be successful and we want to support them and that’s what this role is about. — Angie Mandich
Associate vice-president student experience
aren’t being as collaborative as they could be.” Sam Krishnapillai, USC vicepresident internal, echoed Whelan’s sentiment. “It’ll be a coordinated effort of handling various things on campus,” she said. “Right now there’s a lot of different departments that care about mental health, but because of that it’s difficult to get a unified strategy out there.” “With this new role there’ll be someone who will take on that responsibility of being a leader of it and being a project manager of it,” she continued. The position was created as a result of the split up of the viceprovost academic programs and students and registrar, which will be split into three separate administrative positions. For Krishnapillai, the right choice was made. “It’s probably one of the best things to happen in a very long time here at Western, — [Mandich] cares about every student who goes here and how to make them feel better and be better,” she said. “I’m so excited about her being AVP student experience because I can’t think of a better person.” Despite the success of the lobbying effort, Whelan commented that the appointment is just the beginning of an improvement of student experience at Western. “I think that this is going to be exciting, this is going to be a natural partner to student government someone to continue to advocate to about these issues,” he said. “It’s a big step forward but certainly not the finish line.”
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EVEN BETTER STUDENT EXPERIENCE. Angie Mandich, pictured, is Western’s new associate vice-president student experience, a newly created position created to help improve the student experience outside the classroom.
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HE’S ALIVE AFTER ALL. Pat Whelan made it back from his April Fools escapade to deliver the annual State of the USC speech in the East Mustang Lounge. He focused on the accomplishments of the USC and student learning.
Iain Boekhoff NEWS EDITOR The University Students’ Council is in a “strong” position according to USC president Pat Whelan, who delivered the annual state of the USC speech last Thursday in the Mustang Lounge. With Western president Amit Chakma in attendance, the speech was delivered by an enthusiastic Whelan who focused his speech on a theme of learning — both in-class and outside the classroom. “I think we honed in on a good theme — one of learning because it is the commonality between students [...] we’re all here to learn and just about everything that we do as a student government through our advocacy is about that,” Whelan said in an interview. Whelan noted the many
successes of the USC this year with regards to advocacy to the university administration. He said the strategic plan and budget both had a student focus and addressed several Whelan platform points, including an associate vice-president student experience, a new university e-mail system, investment in increased study spaces on campus and funding for student entrepreneurship. “It’s something that the university probably isn’t used to — but we hope becomes the new normal — is that student advocacy is our primary focus, our primary lens, and I think that we really made a lot of new partners, stronger relationships and now we have a level of access where we can really start to make change,” Whelan said. Chakma said the USC has done a great job this year and
accomplished many key platform points because they were very professional and focused in their advocacy. “Had they brought 20 items, I can guarantee that I would probably not even be able to tell you what they are,” Chakma said. “But the fact that they are focused allowed me to focus my attention and guess what? I remember what those three are.” Whelan also said the USC needs to be more accountable to students, and that may mean a smaller council. “To [focus on learning], we need to be good representatives and to be good representatives we need to have a governance system that is legitimate and one that people can hold accountable,” Whelan said. “A smaller council I think is going to be a more accountable council, a council that is more representative.”
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World renowned spoken word artist Sarah Kay comes to Huron
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Nusaiba Al-Azem SPORTS EDITOR American poet Sarah Kay brought down the house last Thursday when she performed in a packed Kingsmill Room after being invited by the Huron University College Students’ Council. The performance was full of powerful poetry, and showcased the author’s wit and humour. The artist finished her last poem of the night to thunderous applause and a standing ovation. Kay is the best-selling author of the book B, which is a single poem in one volume. She is arguably most renowned for her TED Talk at the 2011 Conference, “The Rediscovery of Wonder.” Her lecture has been viewed online over 5 million times. Kay attributes a large reason for her success to the honesty in her work. “The experiences that I have, other people have as well. Everyone falls in love. Everyone gets their heart broken. Everyone has a family that they love, hate, are confused by, adore and wonder about. Everyone has adventures that change their lives and then they try to reinterpret them; everyone has quirky musings about what would happen if — all of those things, other people have as well. And I think the key is I don’t try to speak for anyone other than me,” Kay says. “And in doing so, I’m therefore able to be as honest as possible of my own experience and my own outlook. And oftentimes people will respond to that in kind, which is pretty exciting. It’s a nice validation from the world that like someone else is feeling the same things, and also like perhaps we’re not quite as alone as we sometimes think we are.” The New Yorker performed a number of spoken word poems from her new book, No Matter The
Wreckage. The book consists of 10 years worth of poetry and is her first collection of poems in one volume. Uniquely, it features both performance pieces as well as page pieces in the same publication and medium. “It’s exciting; I mean it’s a huge experiment,” Kay says about her book. “I have no idea if it will work. People will let me know after they’ve read it. I hope it works, but it was a big experiment to try to put performance poems down on a piece of paper and see if they could work on a page and see if they could work next to other poems that were not performance poems. So it’s an exciting challenge.”
You have to write bad poems, and then you write slightly better ones, and then you write slightly better ones, and you work on it and hopefully you take your craft seriously and you treat it like something you want to work on, and eventually your poems start to become better and better and better. — Sarah Kay
Spoken-word poet
Kay is also the founder and codirector of Project VOICE, a national movement meant to inspire youth to use poetry as a tool. The project, which stands for Vocal Outreach Into Creative Expression, brings
spoken word artists to classrooms across the globe to perform as well as teach workshops. “I discovered spoken word poetry when I was 14, and it had a tremendous effect on my identity and my growth and my person,” Kay explains. “And as a result, I recognized that this art form had a lot of potential to do a lot of good for other young people, in terms of encouraging them, empowering them, improving confidence, literacy, performance, presentation, empathy, passion, you name it,” she continues. “I think it does a lot of good, or it can do a lot of good. And so I really just wanted to share it with as many people as possible.” Kay had advice for students who are aspiring poets. The major piece of advice she stressed first and foremost was not to fear writing bad poetry first. “I think, unfortunately, sometimes people think that you’re either born a poet or you’re not. And so they sit down and they try to write a poem and it’s hard, or they write a poem and it’s not very good, and they think, ‘Oh well I guess I’m just not good at this. I guess I should just quit.’ Which is absurd, because we don’t treat anything else like that, right? You would never sit down at a piano for the first time and be like, ‘Oh well, I’m not Mozart so I guess I can’t do this,’ right? No, that’s nonsense. You would have to practice and practice and practice and slowly you get better and better and better and better — same thing with poetry,” she explains. “You have to write bad poems, and then you write slightly better ones, and then you write slightly better ones, and you work on it and hopefully you take your craft seriously and you treat it like something you want to work on,
and eventually your poems start to become better and better and better,” she continues. Her advice continued further by emphasizing the importance of distinguishing between being an artist and being paid for your work. While Kay herself has enjoyed tremendous success in poetry as a career, she strives always to be aware of what she describes as her real job. “I feel great, and I feel lucky [to be a paid poet]. But I also think that it’s important to remember that having it be your career is not what determines whether or not you’re a poet. I think unfortunately with the arts too often people think you’re not a real artist unless someone is paying you for your art. But there are plenty of poets that I know who work nine to five at a cubicle and come home and write their poems at the end of the day. And it doesn’t make their poetry any less valid or any less powerful, or any less important,” she says. “So I think that if you like writing poetry, or if you like any art for that matter, hopefully someone wants to pay you for it, but even if they don’t, your job — your real job — is to make time for that art in your life. To make time for the thing that brings you joy, even if it’s just a little bit of time in between all the other stuff you have to do. Taking it seriously and giving it time is what is important.” True to her passion for utilizing the power of poetry as a means of empowerment, Kay urges students to explore the art. “If you’ve already discovered poetry that you love, then share it with other people that you love,” she says. “And if you have not yet discovered poetry that you love, that just means you haven’t found the right poem for you. It’s out there; you just have to find it.”
Sarah Kay’s No Matter the Wreckage is an amazing anthology of several of her poems. Kay’s poetry is incredibly personal, recounting her experiences with a keen eye. Being a spoken word poet, the first obstacle to Sarah Kay’s No Matter the Wreckage is the change in medium. Readers who have seen Kay perform before will be able to hear her voice coming through in the poems, but for the uninitiated, the experience will be fundamentally different. “Mrs. Ribeiro” is one of the poems that is most notably affected by the transition. When performed, Kay slows down, working out certain lists slowly as the speaker of the poem — Kay as a child — would. In the book, it is too easy to read through the list quickly and effect is weakened. Regardless of the different experience of reading these poems, Sarah Kay’s skill as a poet shines in all of the works in this anthology. “Hiroshima” skillfully weaves questions of reincarnation and destruction, while poems like “Brother” and “The Toothbrush to the Bicycle Tire” provide a light-hearted, but touching comedy. Many of Kay’s poems make good use of linking the beginning and ending with the same symbol. Kay’s use of spiders and space in “Peacocks,” a poem about her experience teaching in India, is incredible. The poem recalls a young boy who asked Kay to write a love poem for a girl he loved but had no hope of marrying. Kay’s use of spiders at the start of the poem to explore the idea of restricted spaces, and returning to the symbol of spiders at the end, Kay suggests a kind of optimism only found in art. One of the highlights of the anthology is “Ghosts Ships,” a poem about Kay’s brother. Kay has yet to perform this poem yet and it is easy to see why. It is a haunting and beautiful piece and one of her best works. The anthology is not completely flawless. Kay features many love poems that start to pile up after reading several of them and the symbolism feels more repetitive. The most interesting pieces are the ones that deal with space such as “Ghosts Ships,” “The Oak Tree Speaks,” “Monontauk,” and “Peacocks.” In “Hiroshima,” Kay wonders about how in the future one of her poems might be the only record of her existence — if any of these poems are a part of the exhibit, she will have good reason to be proud. — Brent Holmes
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Kevin Heslop GAZETTE STAFF GGGHF Noah Director: Darren Aronofsky Starring: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins An elephantine undertaking flooded with digital magic and metaphor, Noah combines a loose retelling of the Genesis narrative with the evolution of a masterful art-house director who by the grace of God, managed to secure $150 million of Hollywood’s dough and succeeded to make a decent film, more or less. The story tells of an unwaveringly devout man Noah (Russell Crowe) and his family (Jennifer Connelly, Emma Watson) as they construct and fill the ark of lore, aided by the ubiquitous Creator, Noah’s grandfather Methuselah (Anthony Hopkins) and a band of fallen angels called The Watchers. Threatened by the arrogance of man embodied in Tubal-cain (Ray Winstone), humanity unfurls into a hoard of irreverent beasts as the flood arrives from land and sky. Aronofsky’s inimitable dark sensibility is on display throughout this
film with unhinged force. From his vision of The Watchers, the rockshackled angels of a lumbering gate, to commanding silhouettes of Noah and Naameh at sunrise, he demonstrates an incisive understanding of the story and its relevance with one sense-pummeling scene after the last. Crowe as Noah was perfectly cast and roots the film with an unremitting and charged performance upon his capable shoulders. He portrays the inner turmoil of man inspired with both the delicacy and fury necessary to allow such a story to soar. Winstone as Noah’s nemesis gives a chilling portrayal of a man unbound by interest beyond the self, and richly contrasts the ultimately good devotee in Crowe. Connelly gives an arrestingly embroiled performance, once again driving shotgun shells into the groping child-star myth. Watson acts bravely, unencumbered, not waiting for her previous witchy role to dissipate, but rather seizing her opportunities and directing her fate with tact and raw ability. Hopkins demonstrates a mastery of subtlety with genius, compelling the audience into Methuselah’s thoughts. The editor in Andrew Weisblum has masterfully cut the film, shoring
wide shots with gatling-gun montages of tremendous effect to both unsettle and interest an inevitably captive audience. Clint Mansell, the musical director, with a barrage of choral French horns and devastating percussion gives the film, in which considerable time passes, a crutch on which to lean and an architecture with which to stand. As cinematographer, Matthew Libatique illuminates the film gorgeously and works within the many punctuated periods of natural light with aptitude, sensitivity and feeling. One might say that Aronofsky’s sweeping directorial skill overshadowed the marquee, which with Hopkins, Crowe, Connelly, Watson and Winstone was no meagre feat, but the moral relevance of this story at a moment in time in which man’s supposed dominion has left the planet bedraggled and dry supercedes cast, director and budget to hold a mirror to the world. Such a grandiose story necessarily elicits at times a roll of the eye, but the helmsman and the ensemble cast force one to pause mid-roll and take a second look at what could be one of the more powerful cinematic experiences of recent years.
Pretty Woman (1990) While we all know the name Julia Roberts now, the movie that kickstarted her Hollywood success would be Garry Marshall’s 1990 Rom-Com, Pretty Woman. Julia Roberts plays a Hollywood Boulevard prostitute who has been hired by a successful businessman, Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) to escort him to social events during his business trip to Los Angeles. In exchange, Vivian Ward (Roberts) is given $3,000 and access to Lewis’ credit cards. During this time, Ward goes on a shopping spree, which allows her to transform her unsophisticated appearance to one of a high-class lady. Similarly, Lewis slowly becomes less aggressive in his business tactics and decides to put his strong interest in his business aside. Without question, the pair soon falls in love, but not without some bumps along the way. This storyline has been seen time and time again as the formula for the perfect Rom-Com. Poor girl with big dreams falls in love with a
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rich and handsome male lead. This Pygmalionesque story sounds very similar to the 1964 film, My Fair Lady. But despite these similarities, Pretty Woman proved that this formula continues to be extremely entertaining as it was the fourth highest-grossing film of 1990 in the States. While the casting of Roberts had come after the role had been turned down by many other more famous actresses at the time, this film did win Roberts her the Best Actress award at the 48th Golden Globe Awards that year and helped her to win many other notable roles in other box office successes in the next couple
of years. The chemistry between Roberts and Gere was definitely a success as they were again seen together in another Garry Marshall Rom-Com, The Runaway Bride. The most memorable scene in the film would be when Roberts wears a stunning red dress to watch the La Traviata opera. That dress is still discussed today as one of the best dresses to ever appear in any film. If you want to see Julia Roberts in the role that may or may not have changed her career, Pretty Woman would be the perfect throwback Rom-Com to watch. — Janice Fung
Spring is here and let’s celebrate with the battle cry coming from Tokyo Police Club’s fourth full-length album, Forcefield, released earlier this month. After waiting close to four years since Champ, fans have been foaming at the mouth with anticipation of this release. While what they were eventually served is definitely fresh and tasty, it lacks a lot of the unique flavour and texture they’re used to chewing on. With Forcefield, the band has used a solid four years to take a long hard look at themselves. What they have come forth with is something that is distinct and different in the scope from their work so far. They have taken a shift from spastic social comments to swaying stadium pop big shots. The nine-track album shows a refinement of their musicality, and there is a definite sense of oneness. Where this album fails is diversity — Forcefield is definitely jam-out worthy but those personal jam sessions have lost a bit of their fervour.
To start, the group’s lyricist, Dave Monks, seems to have become hung up on someone. Every track on Forcefield is lyrically about the same thing — relationships — with the exception of maybe “Toy Guns.” Though it is a very comprehensive theme for the album of a maturing band it does not fit with the TPC that Canada has come to love. The hooks fall short of their previous glory with repetition that becomes borderline monotonous, but still holding strong to their triumphant vibes. The band starts off the collection with “Argentina” (parts I, II and III) a track of unprecedented length on the bands roster. Coming in at a whopping eight and a half minutes in length the track is a variable adventure of swells and celebration that will make the listener come away satisfied. Other tracks that stand out are the twinkling “Hot Tonight” which has been released as the second single. The strong bass line heavy “Tunnel Vision” and the post-hardcore inspired instrumentation of “Gonna Be Ready” rattles the bowels pleasantly, and makes for good old-fashioned indie rock. However, over all many of the tracks fall short of expectations and seem lacklustre in retrospect. All in all Forcefield is an album that would fit rightly in the collection of a new initiate to the indie rock sphere, especially the TPC sphere. But to an audience that has long anticipated a release from these Canadian dynamos it falls short of the Niagara-like standards set by the band’s previous work. — Tyner Murphy
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Reading app tries putting on the Spritz Robert Nanni Jr. GAZETTE STAFF Reading multiple novels, textbooks and articles for an exam or assignment is quite taxing on the average individual. These things take time, yet too often time is of the essence. Cue Spritz: A free new app released last month for Samsung smartphones. The app provides a medium for reading words at a highly accelerated pace — up to an unbelievable 600 words per minute. Done through rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP), Spritz presents words in one spot on the screen, allowing the reader to focus on the changing words and not the entire document at once. Contrary to a study published in 1983 by University of Victoria psychology professor Michael Masson, who concluded that skimming a text is more efficient than RSVP at comprehending long periods of text, Spritz claims to facilitate reading a novel with comprehension in under 90 minutes. The app recognizes and highlights each word’s optimal recognition point, resulting in the ability to process the entire word in one glance. This allows for the time otherwise spent moving one’s eyes to be spent decoding and making sense of the word. Against the benefits of this app is Marc Joanisse, psychology of language professor at Western. “When you increase the RSVP
rate, people find it increasingly difficult to understand the text, especially when it’s more than one sentence long,” he says. While this method may prove beneficial for headlines and sentences, anything longer than that may be problematic for readers. The human mind experiences a “struggle trying to keep up with the information that is coming in too quickly,” Joanisse explains. The act of conventional speedreading includes scanning the page, mentally emphasizing key words and piecing together the overall meaning of the article in question. Though the level of comprehension which this method allows has been found to be relatively poor, it is often substantial for gaining a feel of the text. Despite this, the reader has the ability to stop and review areas of the article — a luxury not provided on the Spritz app. “The reason why these techniques don’t work is because there are firm limits on how quickly the brain can take in information,” Joanisse says. “What makes reading slow isn’t that your eyes are moving too slowly, it’s that your brain can’t integrate linguistic information above a certain limit.” Like having a professor who speaks much too quickly, Spritz has been criticized for presenting texts at an incomprehensible speed. As the words per minute rate increases, Joanisse maintains that the “reader understands less and less and comprehension
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The reason why these techniques don’t work is because there are firm limits on how quickly the brain can take in information — Marc Joanisse
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breaks down.” The studies on speed-reading have shown returning to a previous sentence to reread it is an extremely common, natural and integral part of the cognition process when reading something. This app and others like it, such as Skim and SprintReader for Apple and Android devices, have been deemed threatening to the pleasure derived from consuming literature. By passively absorbing
the words passing by the reader’s fixed gaze, the wonders of literary craftsmanship — how words flow to sentences and sentences flow to paragraphs — are broken down and dismissed. “The only thing that matters [when reading] is how much of it you understood,” Joanisse says. “If you don’t understand what you just read, any amount of time spent reading it, no matter how short, is a waste of time.”
Getting the most utility out of your home Jennafer Freeman GAZETTE STAFF Between purchasing textbooks and buying booze, student budgets are often stretched to their limit. The last thing any student wants to think about is the added cost of utilities. Luckily, there are ways to tackle utility costs so that they don’t cut into funding for the more important things. The utility bill most students pay generally covers heat, electricity and water. One common problem is that students often do not realize what the average cost of utilities is. Without this knowledge, students won’t know if they are paying too much or whether their utility bill is normal. “I would say the average cost is $50 to $70 per month per person,” says Jason Stern, the director of Exclusive Rentals. Stern specializes in the Western student market and recognizes that many students are quite surprised by their utility bills. “I believe the utilities ‘sticker shock’ happens when the December-March bills come in and they can be quite expensive,” Stern says. “However, they have to remember that from May to October the bills will be fairly low, especially if they don’t live at the property over the summer or use A/C if the unit has it.” While the season definitely plays a role in the cost of utilities, so does location. “The costs vary widely depending on the type and age of the building,” Stern explains. “A townhouse or apartment is much cheaper to
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heat then a six-bedroom home in Old North. This is due to the fact that town homes and apartments they have shared walls and therefore heated by your neighbours.” Western’s Off-Campus Housing Service provides many services for students looking for advice. This includes the Off-Campus Advisors, which is a group of 20 students employed by the university.
“We are trained in the Ontario rental law and we equip students with the information they need to make informed decisions about living off-campus,” off-campus advisor Leigh Clark says. “That includes dealing with landlords and roommates, negotiating leasing, paying utilities and things like that,” Clark explains. “Six months per year, we publish
the Off-Campus Connection which is written exclusively to deal with off-campus issues such as paying your utility bills, how to know if you’re covered by the RTA and how to budget as a student.” The November issue of the OffCampus Connection featured a column titled, “How To Reduce Your Utility Bills.” In order to do so, the article suggested lowering
the thermostat, opening vents so heat circulates, turning off lights, washing clothes in cold water and using electricity during off-peak times and taking shorter showers. It also encouraged students to ensure that landlord attends to all leaks immediately and to try using weather-strips to better insulate doors and windows. Clark explains that if students budget properly, they shouldn’t have a problem with utility costs. However, renting a house with utilities included is another option, which gives students a better sense of security because there will not be any unexpected costs each month. “Usually it’s easier for budgeting purposes, but landlords usually build in a higher amount in the rent to cover any overage,” Stern warns. “So in the end you may end up paying more for this convenience.” Stern offers some other suggestions for students paying utilities such as Equal Billing. Students can sign up for Equal Billing with Union Gas and London Hydro so that each month it’s the same amount so students don’t experience the large peaks and valleys throughout the year. It will also help for budgeting. Another great idea is having a joint bank account. Exclusive Rentals recommends that larger groups setup a bank account specifically for utilities, Internet and other house expenses. Each person is required to put in an equal amount of money each month and can monitor the account; this solves the issue of splitting bills between roommates that can cause a lot of problems.
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ONTARIO’S CURRENT INTER-CITY BUS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM STATUS REPORT
Right now, the bus system in Ontario is a monopoly so the government decides which one bus operator can run on any one route in Ontario. If the government were to change the system, as they have promised to do, this outdated monopoly would become competitive and service would be designed by consumer demand. All bus companies could operate on whichever routes are needed and Ontarians that rely on inter-city bus transportation would benefit from more routes and amenities plus lower fares.
Ontarians are asking – Where’s the Bus? Take Action and tell the Government that monopolies belong in board games, not buses!
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Opinions HAVE YOUR SAY
The Gazette asked students what they thought about the poor attendance at the first meeting of the 2014–15 University Students’ Council.
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Nursing I A little disappointed. I feel like if people are going to get involved then they should voice their opinion and actually show up.
Ali Neves
Catholic Studies for Teachers I That’s not a very good sign. I hope that as it continues that they come out to more events because obviously it’s wonderful to have everyone’s opinion and it’s not really a true representation if you don’t have everyone there.
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A final Zalty surprise Verbal Azalt
Summer Bell
The story of life is quicker then the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye.
Ah, Western, what to say now, at the end? I set out to teach this university, but in the end it was the university who taught me. There’s no getting around it — goodbyes are hard. Not just because of the emotional aspect, but because there’s no way to write a farewell piece without it sounding like self-serving junk unfit for public consumption. With that in mind, I invite you to enjoy my egotistical musings. I’ve been working at this paper for nearly four years, which is essentially a form of insanity that remains unclassified in the DSM 5. I began as an eager news volunteer, worked as a junior news editor, then an overworked senior news editor, and finally settled into the role of associate editor. I’ve met many wonderful people at my time here, from lifelong friends to treasured acquaintances to easily forgotten co-workers whose names I can’t recall. I even met a wonderful girl, and despite the soulcrushing atmosphere of daily deadlines and a filthy office, like Rihanna sang, we fell in love in a hopeless place. But my time here has not merely been a tapestry of socializing, romance and alcohol-laced debauchery — although I should mention that those things composed a good chunk, if not most of my
experience at the paper. However, my time here has also taught me a great deal about the craft of the written word. I’ve written essentially everything one could expect to write while spending 40 hours a week at a newspaper, but I’ve found nothing provides for better learning opportunities than column writing. Putting your opinion out there is hard enough for most people — doing so in a well-crafted argument so that you can defend yourself against the tirade of criticism and name-calling the follows is even harder. In my time here, I’ve learned some guidelines for successful column writing. You have to be confident in your opinion, but also willing to open yourself up to new ideas. You have to be comfortable with criticism and harsh words. But most importantly, you have to be right. My successes in writing convincing columns during my tenure stemmed from my two-pronged approach to arguing — being right, and not being wrong. Those are definitely the two most important aspects of a successful column. It’s incredibly easy to make a convincing argument that sways readers as long as your opinion is the objectively correct one, and defending yourself against criticism is a breeze when you are right. My “be right” approach has made each column that I’ve written in The Gazette a pleasure to write, and I can only assume an equal pleasure to read. The response from you readers have made my career so rewarding, whether they be tweets of approval, letters calling for my resignation, or deafening, soul-crushing silence. I love every single one of you crazy people, and I hope you never change.
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Veronica Purvis
Classical Studies II I don’t really know that much about the Western politics but I guess it’s kind of disappointing. You’d think everyone would show up if they’ve been nominated by the student body to do that kind of stuff.
Haval Alarashi
BMOS III Wow. Damn. That sucks.
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To the Editor: USecrets Western has recently taken Western’s social media sphere by storm. It’s a typical university community page where students post anonymously for their peers to comment. Over the past couple weeks, I have been noticing a controversial trend on the Facebook page, and that’s sex. Not just “I had a one night stand” confessions, but more serious posts about prostitution and threesomes. While I, like most, enjoy reading about people’s sex lives, I could not get over how offended some people were in the comments. One person posted, “What the heck is wrong with the world now? Threesomes, foursomes, having sex for money with older men? Thank you for making me aware so that I definitely do NOT bring children into this world to be raised with this type of behavior.” Another went as
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far as to state, “If you’re so damn supportive of sex with random people, how about if your own mother went around having casual sex for whatever reason, would you like that?” As a student who has studied sex, the fact that people are so uncomfortable with their sexuality is mind-boggling. Sadly, on this page I often find myself arguing with people trying to express that a woman’s sexual number does not define her as a person, only to get back comments saying, “have fun trying to find a husband, no one wants something used.” Our generation boasts being open minded; yet it is still okay in our day and age to tear someone apart over who and how many people they chose to sleep with. Everyone has his or her personal preferences, but publicly calling out someone based on a choice that does not affect you is not necessary. Maybe you were raised to think of sex as something bad and shameful, and it could make you uncomfortable. Still, it is a fact that society is changing to be more progressive towards sex, and previous
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sexual norms are evolving. You have the choice to either embrace your sexuality or hide from it. My fellow Mustangs, I implore you to set your judgments aside. Sex is a personal decision, just as some of you may chose to sleep with one partner and wait for marriage, you also have to accept the fact that someone people want to have numerous partners. If you want your decision respected you must do the same in return, because no one deserves the harsh criticisms that are being dealt daily on USecrets and similar pages. I love sex, and I’m not ashamed to profess it publicly. Does that make me a lesser person? No it doesn’t. What others chose to do with their body is their choice. Please try to respect that. — Kylie Kelly Arts & Humanities II
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saywhat? I really feel for the coaching staff above all, for Randy [Carlyle] right now. He’s got the same thousand-yard stare that I had. But at the end, you almost feel like it’s completely out of your control, everything takes on a life of its own. It’s unbelievable.”
>> Ron Wilson, former head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Rundown >> With varsity seasons across the board finally coming to an end, the Western Mustangs Recreation Centre halted its services to celebrate the hard work of student staff on Sunday > Thompson Arena closed at 5 p.m. to allow all staff the opportunity to attend.
‘Stang reprensents Team Canada proudly Grace Kary and team bring home bronze medal Robert Nanni Jr. GAZETTE STAFF Following her strong Canadian Interuniversity Sport season, Grace Kary has honoured herself, Western and all of Canada with a great accomplishment. As a member of Team Canada, this former Mustang has inputted her time, effort and dedication as a cross-country runner, resulting in her achievement of a bronze medal at the 2014 International University Sports Federation (FISU) championships. Kary joined the Mustangs crosscountry team this past fall, transferring from her undergraduate degree in kinesiology at the University of Calgary to Western’s physiotherapy graduate program. As a substitute for Mustang Amanda Truelove, Kary aided Team Canada in their third-place ranking at the FISU games, just behind first-placed Uganda and second-placed Japan. Although Amanda was chosen first, her indoor season injury stopped her from attending the Ugandan FISU championships. “I was diagnosed with a stress fracture two weeks before the competition, and I therefore was unable to compete,” Truelove said. “Luckily, the first alternate in line to fill my spot was Grace Kary […] I am extremely proud of how well she competed.” Having ultimately attended the FISU games by chance, Kary’s skill was surely put to good use.
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STAMPEDE! Western Mustangs Amanda’ Truelove (292) runs ahead of Mustangs Grace Kary (28) in the 2013 Western Invitational. Both athletes have had a tremendous season, and while Truelove suffered an injury, Kary took her place to represent Team Canada in Uganda for the FISU Championships.
The games occur every two years, making Kary this year’s Mustang to accompany Team Canada’s efforts in Uganda for these championships. “We send someone every two years, but we often don’t get a bronze, silver or gold medal,” said Gary Schultz, this year’s head coach of the Mustangs cross-country
team. Canada does not often place in the FISU games, so their bronze medal alone is an improvement. However, the fact that they had a Mustang backing their efforts made the feat much more impressive for Western and their athletics program.
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Excluding Truelove, Kary is the fourth Mustang to make it to the FISU games under Schultz’s training. Aside from this list, Schultz implied the high volume of FISU athletes that come from Western’s athletics program. Running a time of 23:02:29, Kary placed 26th overall in the rankings. Her hard work on both the Western Mustangs team and Team Canada resulted in praise from many of her peers and coaches. “Grace has been amazing on the cross-country team this year,” Schultz said. “She’s been kind of a quiet leader — leading by example, not saying much, just working really hard.” Schultz said Kary also partakes in track and field, but much prefers to run in cross-country, indicating that she gets too bored “running the same circle over and over again.” Being promoted to head coach after spending years with the team as an assistant coach, Schultz has prepared Kary well for her success
in the FISU games. “I’m excited moving forward and I hope we have more athletes like Grace on future FISU teams, he said.” On top of Kary’s FISU accomplishment, she proved to be a crucial component in the Mustangs’ performances as well. Such achievements included getting the CIS silver medal and winning another silver medal at the Ontario University Athletics championships. Schultz claimed a trend of improvement in university and top-level athletics, indicating that the performance seen in Western’s athletes is a big indicator of the efficiency of Western’s athletic and educational program. “Anybody on the team that represented Canada could have gone to the U.S. on a scholarship,” Schultz said. “The very fact that they decided to stay in Canada and come to Western reflects very highly on our school — both athletically and as a whole.”
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REPORT CARD Badminton
Expectations
Best moment
Last season, the Toronto Varsity Blues robbed the Mustangs of a gold medal at the Ontario University Athletics badminton championship. The badminton team took to this season seeking redemption and to bring back the banner. They did exactly that, placing first and taking home the gold medal. There were high expectations on certain members of team, such as Martin Giuffre and Alexandra Bruce after they won mixed doubles last season at Nationals. They lived up to expectations and won first in women’s and men’s doubles, respectively this year.
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Worst moment
The Western Mustangs cleaned house at the 2014 Ontario University Athletics badminton championships, which took place in the Waterloo Physical Activities Complex. The team claimed gold with a total of 86 points, beating out the Ottawa Gee-Gees, who came in second, by 34 points. The Mustangs were represented in four of the five events including two that were all-Western finals. Martin Guiffre played OUA rookie Daniel Paulson for gold and took the medal. Alex Bruce and Adrianna Giuffre won the gold medal in women’s doubles against their teammates Chistine Giuffre and Margaret Cameron.
Looking forward
Martin Giuffre was the MVP of the badminton team this season. Martin is a Calgary, Alberta native and is currently studying health sciences. The senior brought home a gold medal in the men’s doubles event with his partner Allen Chee at the 2014 university national championships on March 23 at Laval University. Additionally, Giuffre won gold in the men’s singles division. When it comes to badminton, Martin Giuffre is a tank. Giuffre will be greatly missed when he leaves after this year.
The Mustangs had such a great season that their worst moment wasn’t actually all that bad. At the Universiade in Kazan, Russia, the team finished in 14th place overall. They started with a 3–2 victory over Australia, but took a lost against the Ukraine by a score of 3–1. Unfortunately, no Mustangs made it into the third round. While the Universiade was arguably the Mustangs’ worst showing of the season, the fact that they made it to Russia at all is significant in and of itself.
Overall grade
Because a large number of talented players, including, but not limited to, siblings Martin Giuffre, Christina Giuffre and teammate Allen Chee, will not be returning next season, so Adrianna Giuffre will be tasked with upholding the family name next season. The second-year badminton star will take on a coaching position next season, unlike her siblings before her. With the badminton team acquiring coaching assistance from a player with the skill of Adrianna, the future looks bright for the Mustangs, despite the loss of her all-star brother and sister.
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The Mustangs did exceedingly well this year as they placed first in national championships with 86 points, blowing all the other teams out of the water. The team placed first in both the women’s doubles and men’s doubles. After losing out on the title last year, the Mustangs proved their mettle this year, dismantling all of their competition and living up to all expectations and setting the bar extremely high for next season. They made their A seem effortless. There is not much more they can do to improve next year.
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5 BEDROOMS IN the famous Redbrick apartments and townhouses right next to campus and downtown. Great locations. Huge rooms and closets. Including washer/dryer and dishwasher. Call John @ (226) 973-9346 or email jmiles@londonproperty.ca with questions or to book a tour. 6 BDRM HOUSES on all sides of campus. Most feature 5 new appliances, spacious rooms and huge closets, open concept kitchen/living room, and free parking. Act fast-these won’t last! For more information call Zach at 226-973-9044. TIPS ON HOW TO AVOID BEING PHISHED 2. Visit banks' websites by typing the URL into the address bar. Phishers use links within emails to direct victims to a fake site. If you suspect an email is bogus, do not follow any embedded links within it.
6 BDRM. * *#1 student rentals* * Newly built red bricks in all the best student. 5 appliances included. Huge, spacious rooms with massive closets. 24 hour emergency maintenance and parking included. These ones always go fast so call soon. Call Stephen anytime at 226-236-4409. 6 BEDROOM UNIVERSITY Crescent Richmond Gates. Large bedrooms. Newly renovated, 2 50” flatscreens, fireplace, bamboo/slate flooring, 2 baths, 2 kitchens/dishwashers, laundry, sunroom/patio, plenty of parking. $395+. Call Martin 416-835-5293, enmars@hotmail.com. LAST GAZETTE PUBLICATION is Tuesday April 8
PUT YOUR SUDOKU SAVVY TO THE TEST! To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes.
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4/5 BED Red Bricks Available: BRAND NEW building. Huge rooms, modern open concept layout, 5 main appliances including washer/dryer in suite. Free parking, 24 hour property maintenance, right on major bus route, 5 minutes from campus. These will go FAST, call Sam 519-495-7661 5 BDRM. * *#1 student rentals* * Renovated houses in all the best student areas around campus and downtown!! Dishwasher, washer/dryer include. Huge, spacious rooms with massive closets. Networked for Internet and parking included. These ones always go fast so call soon. Call John anytime at (226) 973-9346 5 BDRMS. LIVE steps from campus in a 5 bedroom apartment or townhouse. Live in style in a modern building. Huge kitchens come with tons of cupboards and counter space, and centre island eating areas. Spacious bedrooms and huge closets. Call Sam anytime at 519-495-7661 and view one of these units before they are gone!
5 BEDROOM HOUSES and apartments right on bus route to campus and downtown. Great locations. Huge rooms and closets. Most have all new appliances including washer/dryer and dishwasher. Call Stephen @ 226-236-4409 or email stephenn@londonproperty.ca with questions or to book a tour. 5 BEDROOM HOUSES and townhouses for rent on all sides of campus. All places have free parking, free maintenance and full time property management. Units are rented on a first come first serve basis. Call Stephen at 226-236-4409, stephenn@londonproperty.ca
Feed people, not Dumpsters St. Joseph’s Hospitality Centre is a ‘soup kitchen’ on Dundas Street. The Hospitality Centre serves over 300 meals to men, women and children each day in our community Monday to Friday. There is a desperate need for donations of fresh fruit and vegetables. To make a donation contact the facility at 519-432-0660 or email stjosephshospitalitycentre@gmail.com Please consider donating the food that would normally end up in a dumpster to your local food banks and neighbours, let’s all let our dumpsters go hungry for a while.
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Test Drive Your Career Looking for work experience? Consider the DeGroote MBA The DeGroote Co-op program provides students with the opportunity to gain 12 months of valuable paid work experience over the 28 month program. Students in our program earn an average of $45,000 during the three work terms. This program is for you if you are a recent graduate with little or no work experience and you are looking to gain a competitive advantage in the workforce. Deadline to apply is June 1st with GMAT results due on June 15th.
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